Dubai has planned to build the first rainforest in the
Middle East; the most bizarre yet of the desert city’s many outlandish
construction projects.

Dubai developer Damac
Properties says it will build the first tropical rainforest in the Middle East
within its planned master development Akoya Oxygen which is expected to be
completed ahead of Expo 2020.

The Dubai Rainforest would replicate a “dense jungle
environment” using numerous plant species, Damac said in a statement on 25-02-2015
Wednesday. The company, which is dual-listed in Dubai and London, said it would
consult Amazonian rainforest experts for the project. Read more……